March 2005 Kilkenny

Live Music Listings

Thursday 3
Mick Hanly, Carrolls Pub, Thomastown.

Friday 4
Ben Prevo, Ormonde Hotel.
Wish Box, Andrew Ryans.
Prophets, Lanigans.
Roisin Dubh, Matt The Millers.

Saturday 5
Don Mescall, Cleeres.
The Marshal Stars + The Blizzards, Morrisseys.
Migrant Hawkers, Andrew Ryans.

Sunday 6
J90, Paris Texas.
Bob Dylan Tribute, Pumphouse.
The Vinyls, Lanigans.
Groove Station, Rafter Dempseys.

Friday 11
Tame, Andrew Ryans.
The Remedies, Lanigans.
Domino Effect, Matt The Millers.

Saturday 12
Elasticated Waistband, Andrew Ryans.

Sunday 13
Firegarden, Rafter Dempseys.
Deuces Wild, Paris Texas.
Blue Fever, Lanigans.

Thursday 17
HeeBeeGeeBees, Andrew Ryans.
Live Trad, Lanigans.
Thomas Jackman, Rafter Dempseys.

Friday 18
Two Time Polka, Langtons.
Cadence, Lannigans.
Raggle Taggle Gypsies, Matt The Millers.

Saturday 19
Firegarden, The Railyard Inn.
Phoenix, Andrew Ryans.

Sunday 20
Bluemoose, Paris Texas.
The Lemons, Lanigans.
Thomas Jackman, Rafter Dempseys.

Wednesday 23
Groove Station, Langtons.

Friday 25
The Ens, Paris Texas.

Saturday 26
Fred, Cleeres.
The Lemons, Andrew Ryans.

Sunday 27
Rock Chix, Paris Texas.
Skint, Rafter Dempseys.

VISUAL ART

to March 10
La Rapa Das Bestas
The Shearing of the Beast. Photography exhibition. Watergate Theatre.

March 18 to May 13
Stephen Hennessy
New Paintings by Stephen Hennessy. Watergate Theatre.

March 19 to April 24
A Selection
The exhibition will give people an opportunity to view a selection of works from the Butler Gallery Collection. Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle. www.butlergallery.com

to March 28
Trolls
Figures In Norwegian Contemporary Ceramics by some of Norway¹s top ceramicists. National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard, Kilkenny. www.ccoi.ie

Kilkenny County Hall, John Street.

THEATRE & OPERA
to March 4
Stuck In The Mud
By James Butler. Andy is stuck. His parents have split up, he won¹t play with his best friend and he¹s being bullied in the playground... by a girl! Things change when his father returns to look after him for a few days. As they start to re-build their relationship, Andy¹s confidence grows. This compassionate, insightful and richly humorous play is aimed at children aged 7-12. 10am & 12.30pm daily, tickets: f8.50/f7.50. Booking on 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre.

March 7 to 12
DeathTrap
By Ira Levin. With Red Kettle Theatre Company. Set in the isolated New England home of thriller playwright Sidney Bruhl, the action centres around the play Deathtrap, a new thriller by unknown dramatist Clifford Anderson which he has sent to Sidney for comment ­ or has he? Without success to his credit for some years, Sidney plots, with his reluctant wife Myra, about how best to plagiarise Deathtrap and when Clifford turns up to discuss the play with the ³Master² events take a sinister turn. Starring Keir Dullea, best remembered for his starring role in 2001: A Space Odyssey, makes his Irish stage debut in this compelling stage thriller. 8pm, tickets: f16/14, All seats Tues 8th f8.50. Booking on 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre.

March 15
The Threepenny Opera
Bruiser Theatre Company¹s spectacular Spring 2005 production will burst
onto the scene, staging one of the greatest theatrical works of the twentieth century. Bertolt Brecht¹s The Threepenny Opera bristles with universal themes - justice, greed, charity, pretension and misused love. Bruiser¹s physical twist on this classic work will paint a gritty, sordid and saucy picture of Soho life ­ a boisterous tale of beggars, thieves and easy virtue, creating a mouth-watering concoction of wickedness! In a first for Bruiser, the six strong cast will be joined on stage by three live musicians, incorporating popular music and dance into this cabaret / music hall extravaganza! 8pm, tickets: f12.50. Booking on 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre.

March 22
La Bohéme
By Puccini. Presented by Opera Theatre Company. This masterpiece of Italian opera charts the triumph and tragedy of young love in Paris,in some of the most romantic music ever written. 8pm, tickets: f20/16, Group rates available. Booking on 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre.

March 27 to April 2
Hot Mikado
Presented by Kilkenny Musical Society. Gilbert & Sullivan¹s Mikado as you have never seen it before! 8pm, tickets: f16, All seats Sun & Mon f13. Booking on 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre

Comedy

March 5
Niall Toibin
A brand-new show with special guest, Charlie McGettigan. Watergate Theatre.

Dance

March 18 to 20
Aedeen O¹Hagan
School Of Ballet
Young children have spent the previous year preparing to dance their hearts out in the Watergate. Everyone is eagerly awaiting the show that will include ŒThe Tales of Beatrix Potter¹ for the younger students and ŒCopellia¹ a story about a toy maker who creates a lifelike doll that intrigues the locals to be performed by the older students. All proceeds will go to ŒThe O¹Neil Centre.¹ 8pm, tickets: f8/5. Booking on 056 7761674. Watergate Theatre.